CHR investigates assault on radio broadcaster in Iloilo

Demonstrators hold placards at a rally calling for justice following the murder of a Philippine radio broadcaster, in Quezon City in suburban Manila on October 4, 2022. A Philippine radio broadcaster and government critic was shot dead near his home in suburban Manila, police said October 4, the latest in a long list of journalists killed in the country.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights said Tuesday it has begun its own investigation into the physical assault against a radio broadcaster in Iloilo City.

Flo Hervias, hosts of the blocktime program “Banwa Binag-binaga” in DYRI Radio Mindanao Network, was mauled by masked men on October 7 after leaving his workplace in the city’s La Paz district.

Hervias sustained lacerations on his nose, mouth, and near his eyes. The perpetrators fled the scene.

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